WWE Summer Slam 2010

[DM]

My full report will be out later in the week, however let me say this, WWE did it again. Raw AND Smackdown are now must see TV. With Low Ki, Tyler Black, and a certain 'someone' officially on the roster of WWE...I have NO interest in TNA whatsoever and pray to god Nigel McGuiness gets the fuck out of that company.

[Valdora]

Oh my god oh my go oh my god! I need to see this show NOW!

[blynd]

I know Karl, so do I. I read the reviews and everything that happened worked so well and helped the Nexus storyline progress. I don't like the outcome of the Undertaker story but we knew it was coming. Also the ending to the wwe title match doesn't sound good but I can see why they did it.

[Valdora]

*ahem* YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! *goes back to watching the Main Event*

[jman]

Can i just say this as well......BRET HART?!!! Where did that come from! He had his best showing since he come back!! There were even ''you still got it'' chants going on!! I loved the way taker said to rey....''an eye for an eye''........was wishing he broke reys orbital bone there lol!

[alex0816]

well as awesome as the returns of taker and danielson were, i didnt care about this show, ziggler vs kofi...again, and it ends wit nexus interfereing, um......since when did they start attacking sd guys?, ses vs show, boring and way to bury punk even more this year, punk was 100x better from last august through this febuary, he doesnt need the ses, i know im probly theonly 1, but i dont give a shit about the ses, gallows sux, mercury sux, and serena does fuck all, any way back to summerslam, kane vs rey, yawn, kane ins good, then taker is finally back, thought they were gonna have him whoop reys ass but no, kane tombstones him, wow nice return, sheamus vs orton, ugh, this crap was worse then cena vs orton last year, 2nd biggest ppv of the year and you end a title match in a dq, fuck u wwe, orton shoyld have won, sheamus is overrated dont care what any1 says, team nexus vs team wwe, ok 7th member, returning bryan danielson, who i called btw, but heres the problem, nexus has had the upperhand on wwe since the angle started, but wwe adds danielson and they cant win? really? nexus should have won no matter what, now wwe has buried the best faction and if its possible i have even less intereset in nexus. ugh not a great summerslam only good things i can say is taker's back, danielsons back, and the miz didnt win the title, seriously if he wins, im done wit wwe

[khaiden]

I figured I should give a small review here.

Ziggler vs Kofi was what I expected it to be. Just a match for the card. A small Nexus attack thrown in for good measure.

Alicia vs Melina. Ok, Melina wins, WWE took the easy way and stopped Alicia's push abruptly.
I could see Melina crying, who can't blame her? I'd be crying too if I had to wear such an awful belt.
Here's hoping what happened at the end leads to a ''unification'' of the belts. I'm sick of the divas title, the Women's Champion should be inter-brand (or whatever the term is).

After this match happened, I looked at the time and realized we were barely finishing the first hour. With so few matches on the card I thought they were going to take their time with them, as in Fatal 4 Way. With a few fillers here and there.

And speaking of, I think this is the point in which The Miz came out.
He had a nice backstage promo earlier with Edge and Jericho, with the latter becoming Y2J again for a few seconds. 10 years will pass from now and the man will still have it, mark my words. Edge's attitude also reminded me of some of the segments with Christian back in the day. The Slim Jim helped.
I thought Miz was going to say no, I just expressed a 'meh' to have him in Team WWE.
Mike has reached a weird realm in which he has something interesting going on (MITB) yet he still doesn't really excite me anymore.

Baldhead Society vs Bald Show
No, seriously, have you noticed there were 2 matches on the card with only bald people participating in them?
Just a fun fact.

This was generic, I didn't expect much from this.

Now comes a backstage segment I absolutely loved.
In Viewer's Choice they had a backstage segment that was intended to make viewers vote for the Big Red Machine. Even though the purpose was lame, the promo delivered. I may be the only one that thinks this, but Sheamus and Kane have an AMAZING chemistry together, and I wouldn't be surprised if they get involved in a feud in the future (I don't think a tag team would work). They look even better interacting as the World Champions.

Sheamus vs Randy ''I'm not a heel'' Orton
It was alright.

What pisses me off of referees nowadays is that they're always so loud and act so angry when someone breaks the rules. The thing this ref did with the chair was too much, they just come off as extremely goofy. They didn't use to do this crap.

At this point I looked again at the clock. I couldn't really see what were they going to do with that amount of time left, only 2 matches were left on the card.
Well, they did take their sweet time with the entrances, specially for the last.

The last 2 matches made me mark out at the right moments.
Here we go...

Kane vs Rey Mysterio.
I was wondering the whole weekend how would 'Taker make his presence known.
It was practically a fact for me that he would return.
I wondered if he would drop a gong or two to distract Kane or something.
I knew that if he returned and Kane was the guilty man, another great storyline for the Big Red Machine would end up with a shitty conclusion. (Remember 2008?)

I was wrong.
So here I am, watching Kane's entrance in which two things come to mind:
1. WWE should REALLY get the organ intro to play BEFORE the pyro comes out. This is Kane back to his old, powerful self, it was proved later.
2. There's the kiddie red colored casket. I know where Undertaker is going to come out, not that I'm complaining.

Kane opened the casket time after time again, just to continue the magic show.
Kane at last, retained, and I couldn't be happier. Mysterio's arrogant face ass was defeated.
And here we go... Undertaker did his magic trick and appeared.
It was nice, and he did throw a gong in!

He still looks great to me, and I loved his acting, he really looked like he came out of a coma.
All the lines he delivered to Rey were great, I liked that!
And then he signaled for death to come, and then turns to Kane.

Here comes the weirdest highlight of the night.

The Undertaker pointed to Kane, accusing his brother of taking him out.
The crowd did something I wasn't expecting, and had I not been busy marking out, I would laughed my ass off.
A big ''YOOOOOOOU!'' came from the crowd.

What the fuck? THE You? The same thing that Abyss says, and it's chanted to him?
That was actually a funny spot.
I swear, I could clearly hear a ''YOOOOOU!'' from the crowd.

Anyways, moving on.
At this point 'Taker is about to chokeslam his brother, and then the Big Red Machine SMILES and OVERPOWERS him, grabbing him by the throat and giving him a TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER.
Fire erupts from the corners! And for the love of christ! I got goosebumps, a vision of Badd Blood 1997 came to me for a second. This... this is the Kane we always wanted to have!

He is once again powerful, he's the character he really should be, he is the Big Red World Champion. And he didn't even need the mask back!
I hope this lasts for a long time... until his career ends.

Now, comes the next one, which was an emotional rollercoaster.

Team RAW (WWE my ass, Nexus has never touched SD!) vs Nexus

I was watching this PPV through a stream, and I had a chat next to me.
A lot of people here were speculating A LOT, and I started to see things like:
''Miz isn't really gonna be there, somebody else is doing it''
''It's HHH!''
''No no! It has to be Bryan Danielson!''
''Cena is turning heel!''
The latter had posted something in his Twitter about that night. Most of the time, if something like that is posted there, is to be freakin' taken seriously. So I took it seriously.

At least one of these things had to happen:
Bryan Danielson returns.
John Cena turns heel.

First, Superman comes out, and he's wearing a new outfit, a guy in the chat room jokingly said that was his heel outfit.
The first thing that came to my mind was that at least 50% of the people that were attending with a cena shirt would feel fucked. ''Oh shit, this shirt isn't worth anything to me now.''
Purple is a nice color, let the money come in!
And the Miz comes out, here's me thinking how boring and predictable this is. But then John Cena's arrogant ass interrupts him.
And an American Dragon returns.

HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!

IT WAS A WORK, BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU GUYS THOUGHT!
WWE legitimately fired him with the 90-day no compete clause. Bryan competes in the indy circuit for a while. And when it ends, at last, he returns for the right moment.
People were pissed off, people talked, smarks screamed.
And in the end, this was a great pre-planning.

Bryan's specialties were used well:
Eliminating a couple of Nexus members with Cattle Mutilation 2.0
And kicking their fucking heads in.

I still have The Final Countdown song tattooed in my mind.

Throughout this match I noticed something else. Cena wasn't being tagged in at all.
Here's me thinking how he would turn heel by being pissed off nobody considered him or something.

Bryan did well there, I thought he was going to be the one that would lead the team into victory, with Cena getting destroyed and NOT making a comeback.

The Miz came out and fucking ruined it.
Take in mind this is me talking in kayfabe, I don't genuinely hate the guy.

But...

The Miz is no longer awesome, and The Final Countdown has begun for him.
HE'S GONNA GET HISS FUCKING HEAD KICKED IN.

Too bad Cena never turned heel and became Superman again at the end. Pathetic. And I actually decided to root for him for this match, it was stopped abruptly.

Oh, and btw, Bret Hart's elimination was very reminiscent of the old Hitman from 1997, always pissed off about something and taking things out of hand. Seemed decent enough to me.

And well, that's it. SummerSlam was saved by the last 2 matches.

I welcome back Kane, The Undertaker and...

BRYAN DANIELSON!

Heh, the review wasn't that small really.
Just wanted to post my 2 cents. Now I have a feeling I haven't had in years. I'm filled with suspense to see what happens next on RAW and SmackDown!, I'm hyped for them and I feel the product is excellent.

Please, WWE, don't fuck any of this up.

[strada]

Loved that American Dragon BD is back , he was a pure joy to watch , and cole whit cole bashing him still , awesome i hope cole gets his on raw that little bastard...

Cena will turn heel soon belive me but not now , wait for the kids to grow up a little mor then wham Vince will have the pg turn to TV 14 and we got a great produkt whit wrestling , backstage segments ,cool promos maybe some blood here and there Hell in a Cell and Elimation Chamber... but it was a ok ppv the last 2 matches were ok nothing more...

[Valdora]

Our review of the show will be up within the hour. Check itunes/talkshoe then.

[jman]

Great review guys! I totally agree with you karl.....nexus should have won! It would not have killed the daniel bryan return at all. The nexus heat is gone at the moment and nothing major was done at raw either to get the heat back. WWE has got to pull something big out of the bag....and fast! This angle is flatlining!